Sexual problems in breast cancer survivors: Do not turn good news into no news

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 894-895

  Kingsberg, Sheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77957700117     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181ef1980     Document Type: Editorial

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